I have three, three wek old aussies, all three of which have a good bit of comb growth for their age. Is there any known ways to sex these buggers or is it the old "wait and see" game?
is it possible to use a convection oven (you know the mini-ovens that you can buy from walmart) as an incubator? the one i have has different temp settings going all the way down to about 90 degrees on the "keep warm" setting. of course there would be a thermometer and water inside. it would...
one of my silkie chicks seems to sneezing. it sits all calm-like and then BAM its head flutters around and mouth is hanging wide open. I picked the chick up and it sat in my hand and was all calm and had a little shaking feeling (though the shaking may be because i haven't handles these chicks...
The only local feed store around my place is tsc. They only carry two brands, DuMor and Puring "start and grow"(?). For adults they have blue seal (which i have used for my show rabbits for years, but anyhow, which of the two chick starters are better? I also plan to grind my own feed this...
GAH!! its been only a week since i got my first chicks, 10 golden comet and 2 RIR. Not even three days after that i went and got 3 white silkie 2 partridge silkies and 1 black (or blue) silkie. Today i had a couple spare dollars in my pocket, so of course i make a trip to tsc. I came home with 3...
I got two of these chicks from TSC in the Bantam bin along with one black silkie and three white silkies. but i have no idea what these little guys are. Any guesses?
Not even a week ago i bought day old chicks (prob thursday i want to say), but tomorrow i want to go buy some more. they might be the same age, but still is it okay to mix in the day old chicks with the week old chicks? or should i maybe separate the brood for a couple hours to let the newbies...